Reposted by EtaoinAn Anarchist Who Tried Her Best @nataliereed84.bsky.social · 4hanyone other ND people get a thing where you get really into a particular food or beverage and eat it a whole bunch for a few months and then move on? Like I was really into iced tea this summer. 12221
Etaoin @etaoin.bsky.social · 8hOk which one of you put diataxis.fr in my tabs because it's incredible 🤩 (Maybe it was from Tumblr?)diataxis.frDiátaxisDiátaxis is a widely-adopted, pragmatic and systematic approach to thinking about and creating documentation. 100
Etaoin @etaoin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Haha, i couldn't remember the name of the show this screenshot is from, but '70s British horror tv haunted castle' got it in one. 1251
Reposted by Etaoindipshit @chigbarg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026the replies to this contain 100,000 variations of the "sickos" comic with different self-insert fursonas in them and that's beautiful 6425157
Reposted by Etaoin👺 hell camino acid 👻👹 @sexdracula.rocks · 05/10/2026somebody got my ass with one of these recently 0326
Reposted by Etaoinrahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I see they have not yet fixed the thing where if you renew at any time before the last second, you forfeit the remaining days on your registration rather than having the expiration date just moved out 3 years that also (rightfully) infuriates @masnick.com every damn time 0894
Reposted by Etaoinworm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If you ever wondered why visible light is those particular wavelengths, it's because life evolved to see in the narrow range where water is transparent 10260611700
Reposted by EtaoinTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026What this looked like in practice: People came to the class excited or at least mildly interested in learning what an ai agent could do for them. The trainers came to help people train an agent for their known specific cases. Everyone quickly realized that there wasn’t much middle ground. 223223
Reposted by EtaoinDave Strock @davestrock.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Yeah, coming from aviation I solve so many issues with simple things like checklists. I always say "tools don't solve people problems, they just accelerate them" and most things are people problems. Even high level assumptions like "each person performs at the same level every day" can get them. 132
Etaoin @etaoin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"a jewel can buy many grains" "explain how!" "Commodity money can be exchanged for goods and services" 000
Etaoin @etaoin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Another example of bsky being buggy for @tkingfisher.com ... I got zero notification of this reply despite getting many other notifs, including from other people that are mutual non-follows. 000
Reposted by Etaoingeorgia-lux @georgialux.bsky.social · 17/08/2023Young man-- there's no need to feel down I said young man-- Pagliacci's in town You can go there-- see the world's greatest clown Now why do- you- wince- so sadly? 3131841211
Etaoin @etaoin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Yeah, and he would never write it out either; he'd just use astarisks. 111
Reposted by Etaoinbird 🔞 \(☉д⊙)/ ! @emrynbird.bsky.social · 23/09/2026god I love getting into discussions that are just like... 1036241535
Reposted by EtaoinBart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves. 10381612840
Etaoin @etaoin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I read a post that I can no longer find by someone who had done this as a kid. She wasn't allowed a smartphone or computer but she DID have an e-reader. The internet was blocked on it, though. Except for reading & writing book reviews! Life, uh, finds a way. 030
Etaoin @etaoin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026@zhinxy.bsky.social congratulations, your display name successfully bamboozled me in my mentions 🙂 it's very effective 100
Reposted by Etaoinzhinxy and 1 other @zhinxy.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Behold! My cherished copy of Lois Lane #80! An anonymous former owner altered the iconic Kurt Swan cover's Superman into a beatnik saying "hey, baby, cool off!" Would I trade this for a "mint" copy? Are you serious? 33707148
Etaoin @etaoin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026No results found for the castrati of horses "that horse can sing" 000
Reposted by EtaoinCliff PervoSCARY @pervocracy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026my maximalist trans rights take is that genders should be treated like religions - all genders, not just trans people's. the state doesn't put it on your ID or have any say in who converts to another religion, but they do have to accommodate religious requirements like clothing or midday prayer. 815445
Etaoin @etaoin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026One of those all-time bangers I think about every so often 011
Reposted by EtaoinLucky ✨ @lucky.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026the French titles for Pokemon Winds and Pokemon Waves are making me laugh like an idiot. me when i'm posting about my virtual critters but i'm a little toxic about it 2241082144
Reposted by EtaoinBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026would you let Tethus, Lord of the Lower Air, advise you on your relationship with your spouse? no, but he can sort your books (pdfs) for you. 1471166
Etaoin @etaoin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I was like "i forget what that art is" and checked out the alt text and it's like, the single most message I should be able to figure out from first principles 010
Reposted by EtaoinMatthew De Abaitua @mdeabaitua.bsky.social · 06/03/2025But isn't a large language model also a wordcel? 101
Reposted by EtaoinAndrew Lilley Brinker @alilleybrinker.com · 09/09/2026I'm reminded of stories I've heard from folks who met Bill Clinton in person during his political career; they described talking to him as feeling like you're the only person in the world to him. Turns out that feeling is intoxicating and many people are very susceptible to influence from it! 111497
Reposted by EtaoinMike Urbancic @urbancic.bsky.social · 08/09/2026uhh... speaking of which these lyrics from Google??? 1141
Reposted by Etaoinit's Halloween name charloh! (it/its) @charloh.online · 05/09/2026Bloodborne (2015) 0377
Reposted by EtaoinSridhar Ramesh @radishharmers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026"Bayesian" means "from the Bay Area". 492112299
Reposted by EtaoinIron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Since it's the anniversary of the debut of "Batman the Animated Series," feeling compelled to share this art by Bruce Timm of all the things they weren't allowed to show in the cartoon. Can you guess them all? Answers in the next skeet down. 31474459
Reposted by EtaoinElizabeth Sandifer @eruditorumpress.com · 07/09/2026Really no matter which way you come at this, it seems like a bad idea. 125811
Etaoin @etaoin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Do i seriously not already have a thread on "do you want to be right or do you want to be effective" ?! I guess I do now 001
Reposted by EtaoinLe Ca-ghoul @lecagle.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Rhetorician chiming in: this is a false dichotomy. The real question is what you want your speech to accomplish. Do you want to be right or do you want to change minds? 26712
Reposted by EtaoinJRho @jrho.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The most absolutely massive flex from the state fair exhibit. This quilt is made of 40 years of prize ribbons from various categories at the New Mexico State Fair won by Carol St. Clair Johnson. She also won a prize for this quilt. 6861132009
Reposted by Etaointyping pumpkin 🎃 @typingloudly.zip · 07/09/2026Do you have a moment to talk about our lord and savior Magic the Gathering? Because hoo boy I have some things to talk about. This is the last game LLMs will ever be good at in any meaningful way. 021
Reposted by EtaoinLaurie Voss @seldo.com · 07/09/2026But aren't they all either mechanical or if not mechanical then random? 221
